Upon the Vine Tree

*** Revised Common Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: Psalm 1 CLASSIC POEM: Upon the Vine-Tree John Bunyan What is the Vine, more than another Tree, Nay most, than it, more tall, more comly be? What Work-man thence will take a Beam or Pin, To make ought which may be delighted in? It’s Excellency in it’s Fruit doth lie. A fruitless Vine! It is not worth a Fly. *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: Speaking Tree Joy Harjo SNIPPET: Some things on this earth are unspeakable: Genealogy of the broken— A shy wind threading leaves after a massacre, Or the smell of coffee and no one there— Some humans say trees are not sentient beings, But they do not understand poetry— … [ READ THE FULL POEM ] <<<<<< PREV. POEM | NEXT POEM >>>>>> ADVERTISEMENT: *** Revised Common Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: Psalm 1 CLASSIC POEM: Upon the Vine-Tree John Bunyan What is the Vine, more than another Tree, Nay most, than it, more tall, more comly be? What Work-man thence will take a Beam or Pin, To make ought which may be delighted in? It’s Excellency in it’s Fruit doth lie. A fruitless Vine! It is not worth a Fly. *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: Speaking Tree Joy Harjo SNIPPET: Some things on this earth are unspeakable: Genealogy of the broken— A shy wind threading leaves after a massacre, Or the smell of coffee and no one there— Some humans say trees are not sentient beings, But they do not understand poetry— … [ READ THE FULL POEM ] <<<<<< PREV. POEM | NEXT POEM >>>>>> ADVERTISEMENT: